gripping

Speech parts

1. gripping - Noun

2. gripping - Adjective

3. gripping - Verb

Derived from grip

4. gripping - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

capable of arousing and holding the attention

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

absorbing fascinating engrossing riveting hold galvanic moving holding intense dramatic interesting attractive bitter tight grip
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Antonyms

hackney common heavy pesky DRY customary
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Phrases with the word

on the gripping hand gripping device gripping structure

Examples

You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time. Jim Bouton

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea. David Brin

The lake-beings about him drew daggers and moved upon Kull. Then the king laughed and set his back against a column, gripping his sword hilt until the muscles stood out on his right arm in great ridges. "This is a game I understand, ghosts," he laughed. Robert E. Howard

I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up. Christopher Paolini

If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it. Carlisle Floyd

Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Grippi grippie grippiness gripping beast gripping device gripping structure